Bucket Elevator

A bucket elevator, also called a grain leg, is a mechanism for hauling flow able bulk materials (most often grain or fertilizer) vertically. A bucket elevator can elevate a variety of bulk materials from light to heavy and from fine to large lumps. Industrial Bucket Elevator are made in a variety of shapes, weights and sizes, utilizing centrifugal buckets or continuous buckets. The belt can be made of natural fibers, rubber, plastic or metal.

Form 0.5 TPH up to 200 TPH capacity bucket elevator for all powdery material can be designed and supplied. We offer pin bush type chain for long life and maintenance free operation.Bucket Elevator are commonly used in Chemical Industry, Food industry, paper Industry, steel Industry Cement Industry.

Limitations of the system include the following points

• Lump size should be under 100mm.
• The material should not be very sticky.
• The temperature of the materials should be ambient or slightly above.
• The materials should not be excessively corrosive or abrasive.

Bucket Elevators consists of following items

• Buckets to contain the material.
• A belt to carry the buckets and transmit the pull. Means to drive the belt.
• Accessories for loading the buckets or picking up the material, for receiving the discharged material, for maintaining the belt tension and for enclosing and protection the elevator.